An Isotope-Diagnostic Approach to Erdheim-Chester's Disease of the Heart

Erdheim-Chester's disease is a form of histiocytic granulomatosis afflicting the skeletal system and various inner organs. Apart from incidental findings of involvement of various structures and tissues, a complete diagnostic workup to evaluate afflicted bodily parts is not known. The authors w...

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Published inJournal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 274 - 279
Main Authors Palotás, András, Bogáts, Gábor, Lázár, Mátá, Papós, Miklós, Matin, Keyvan, Pávics, László
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi SAGE Publications 01.12.2006
Subjects
Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging
Erdheim-Chester Disease - diagnostic imaging
Heart - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Orbital Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Organophosphorus Compounds
Organotechnetium Compounds
Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate - analogs & derivatives
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods
Whole Body Imaging
nuclear medicine
histiocyte
pseudotumor
bone
orbit
isotope-diagnostic tools
99mTechnetium
xanthogranuloma
heart
SPECT
Erdheim-Chester's disease
skeletal system
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Summary:Erdheim-Chester's disease is a form of histiocytic granulomatosis afflicting the skeletal system and various inner organs. Apart from incidental findings of involvement of various structures and tissues, a complete diagnostic workup to evaluate afflicted bodily parts is not known. The authors we present several specific isotope-diagnostic techniques of a case to support the identification of this rare multisystem infiltrative disease.
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ISSN:1074-2484
1940-4034
DOI:10.1177/1074248406294904